Testing the utility of the porphyroclast hyperbolic distribution method of kinematic vorticity analysis

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 983-1001

  Forte, Adam M ^a   Bailey, Christopher M ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Kinematic vorticity analysis; Porphyroclast hyperbolic distribution method; Triclinic deformation; Ultramylonite

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING STATISTICS; COMPUTATIONAL SIEVING PROCESS; KINEMATIC VORTICITY ANALYSIS; PORPHYROCLAST HYPERBOLIC DISTRIBUTION METHOD; TRICLINIC DEFORMATION; ULTRAMYLONITE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEFORMATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STATISTICS; VORTICITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BOOTSTRAPPING; DATA SET; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EIGENVALUE; KINEMATICS; MYLONITE; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; VORTICITY;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248551921     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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